Cosimo Damiano Lanza

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Cosimo Damiano Lanza

Cosimo Damiano Lanza (born April 12, 1962 in Leporano ) is an Italian pianist , harpsichordist and composer .

biography

Cosimo Damiano Lanza received his artistic training from the following teachers: Michele Marvulli and Jörg Demus (piano), Christopher Stembridge and Pierre Hantaï (harpsichord). As a result, he began a career as a musician and teacher. He worked for Radiotelevisione Italiana . His interest was not only in early music, but also in the modern and contemporary repertoire ( Luigi Dallapiccola , Luciano Berio , Karlheinz Stockhausen , John Cage ), also to the extent that collaborations with young musicians have developed.

Lanza is director of the Accademia Musicale Mediterranea von Taranto, which he founded, and artistic director of the Premio Italia Olimpo Pianistico . He often acts as chairman or member of the jury at international piano competitions, such as the Concorso Pianistico Internazionale Luciano Gante , the Concorso Pianistico Internazionale Arcangelo Speranza . He has published his Six Preludes for piano with the music publisher Bèrben from Ancona .

Cosimo Damiano Lanza has given master classes and courses at Brigham Young University in the United States of America, at the Murcia Conservatory in Spain, at the Conservatoire de Gap in France and at the Munich Music Seminar - International Music School in Munich, at the Mediterranean Academy of Music in Taranto, at the Accademia Musicale Umbra in Perugia, at the International Academy of Arts in Rome, at the European Music Academy in Naples, at the Teatro di Ancona, at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Nocera Terinese, at the Università Suor Orsola Benincasa in Naples.

Awards

  • 2008: Premio Tebaide d'Italia
  • 2009: Premio Saturo d'Argento
  • 2010: Bronze medal awarded by the Italian President Giorgio Napolitano for artistic merit.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Mimmo generally known as Cosimo Damiano Lanza: 6 Preludi per Pianoforte ( Natale sul 904 - Ondine - Nafplion - Camminando - Profili Nostalgici - Crescendi Sensoriali. ) Ed. No. 3346, cataloged in the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale in Florence
  2. http://concertodautunno.blogspot.it/2009/05/2009-05-24-premio-saturo-dargento-17.html